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Forgive the late reply, but my ISP shut down altogether yesterday
afternoon to deal with the latest virus problem and I am only getting
email now.
Look at the Print dialog in PowerPoint. At the bottom you have several
choices of the format. Play with different combinations there as a first
pass.
Secondly, you can apply a different template to your existing slides, or
you can change the color scheme of the current template. Trying some
variations may rescue the presentation in a matter of minutes.
You should not have to recreate any slides, with the exception of
certain types of animations.
If by "fadeout" you mean an animation in which one element disappears as
another appears, then you have a small problem. Here's how you solve it:
In slide sorter view, copy and paste the slide, so that you have two
copies. Instead of animating one slide with two superimposed graphics,
delete one graphic from each slide. Do this as often as necessary to
eliminate all animation effects.
HTH,
Dick
nancy wrote:
>
> Nature
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> I recently created a 31 slide '97 PowerPoint presentation from a template
> for a medical presentation including text and photos. I was first asked to
> set it up to be shown through a laptop with handouts. No problem. It looked
> fine with fadeouts etc. After meeting with my boss, I was informed that it
> would now be presented on an overhead projector. My first printouts look
> awful. Do I have to create the project all over again without the templates?
> Please advise. Any suggestion or help is appreciated.
>
>
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